A First Peek Inside Google’s Brain

Even Google 's brains have a distinctly colorful, science-fiction theme to them.

Google is finally letting the world take a peek at its data centers around the world, where they process all of Google’s data.

Google says its servers are some of the most efficient in the world thanks to creative ways of managing the cooling process. “If you add our renewable energy use and carbon offsets, our environmental footprint is zero,” the company says in its blog post.

Given that it’s serving a massive store of YouTube videos, search queries and everything between those, it’s a pretty impressive feat.

But, we’ll get straight to some of the photos:

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A row of servers in Google’s data center in Douglas County, Ga. The blue lights indicate that everything is running smoothly.

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A row of servers in Google’s Mayes County, Calif., data center. The bright wires are color-coded across the building to ensure there is no confusion when doing maintenance.

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A room full of Google-colored pipes in Google’s data center in Douglas County, Ga. Even the Google bikes are present at these data centers.

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Google’s servers in its Council Bluffs, Iowa, data center give the room a sci-fi like glow. This data center has more than 115,000 square feet of space.

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